Don’t Panic But Avocados Are About To Get A Lot More Expensive

Instagram lovers listen up, we have some seriously bad news, and it’s all to do with the humble avocado. Yep, avo on toast might be a thing of the past. The horror.

According to a report by Uproxx, the avocado is soon to be classed a ‘luxury fruit’.

This shocking fate of the millennial’s favourite fruit (yes, it is a fruit), is down to weather conditions. Climate change and its effects, for example the Californian drought, have resulted in much smaller yield of avocados.

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Throw into the mix our growing obsession with all things avo and you have a serious shortage on your hands. To give some perspective, in 1990 the average American ate 1.5 pounds of avocado a per year but by 2012 that number had increased to 5 pounds. Yep, we’ve only got ourselves to blame.

Combine all this together and prices soar which means avocado (and all their related food items) are likely to get a lot more expensive. Sob. What are we going to Instagram now?